State Policy Network

The State Policy Network is a professional service organization for the "state-based free market think tank movement." It was started in 1992 by founding chairman Thomas A. Roe, who died in 2000. It was formerly known as the Madison Group. Roe was succeeded by Gaylord K. Swim, who died in 2005. SPN is currently in 37 states The current board members are listed below. 

Mission
The mission of SPN, according to its May 2006 newsletter, is "to provide strategic assistance to independent research organizations devoted to discovering and developing market-oriented solutions to state and local public policy issues." 

Funding
The State Policy Network has received funding from the Olin Foundation, the Richard & Helen DeVos Foundation, the Bradley Foundation and the Castle Rock Foundation (Coors affiliated).

Below are the 2009 Annual Reports:

Revenue Primary Revenue: $4,271,667 Other Revenue: $208,387 Total Revenue: $4,480,054 Expenses Program Expenses: $2,838,969 Administrative Expenses: $270,686 Fundraising Expenses: $718,691 Total Functional Expenses: $3,828,346 Payments to Affiliates: $0 Excess (or Deficit) for the year: $651,708 Net Assets: $2,672,883

Principal staff (as of June 2006)

 * Tracie Sharp, President
 * Tonya R. Barr, Outreach Coordinator
 * Patrick McDougal, Program Coordinator
 * Kurt T. Weber, Senior Advisor
 * Nicole Williams, Management and Technology Advisor
 * Kate Doner of Doner Fundraising, Fundraising

Board of Directors (as of June 2006)

 * Carl Helstrom, Chairman (The JM Foundation
 * Tracie J. Sharp, (President) State Policy Network
 * Gisele Huff, Treasurer (Jaquelin Hume Foundation
 * Theodore D. Abram (Jeld-Wen Foundation)
 * Whitney Hall (Donors Trust
 * Barbara Wells Kenney (Lillian S. Wells Foundation)
 * Byron S. Lamm (Pin Oak Group, LLC)
 * Robert W. Poole, Jr (Reason Foundation)
 * Lawrence W. Reed (Mackinac Center for Public Policy)
 * Bridgett G. Wagner (The Heritage Foundation

SPN news
SPN News publishes six times a year. 

Annual meeting and K-12 education and reform summit
SPN will offer policy mobilization networks and leadership development. It is co-sponsoring the summit with the Alliance for School Choice and the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation. Summit partners include the Agudath Israel of Illinois, Black Alliance for Educational Options, The Center for Education Reform, the Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Parent's in Charge Foundation and School Choice Wisconsin. The SPN reserves the right to "refuse admittance to private events."

Members
The SPN website states "Membership in State Policy Network is voluntary and by invitation-only." There are regular members and associate members. Regular Members: "A regular member operates as a full-service think tank, addressing a variety of relevant policy issues, not just a single-issue. They will operate independently with their state, and not as part of a state chapter, franchise, other effort of a separate organization. Their primary goal is to provide educational materials to the citizenry, public officials, and members of the media with a state-based focus. They refuse to accept or solicit government funding, and are IRS approved 501(c)(3)s." Associate Members: "Like regular members, associate members are organizations that display a commitment to a market-oriented foundational public policy. They are also IRS approved 501(c)(3) organizations primarily focused on education and operate independently of all government funding. However, unlike regular members, SPN Associate Members can be national in scope and are not necessarily oriented towards a single state."


 * Alabama Policy Institute
 * Allegheny Institute for Public Policy
 * Arkansas Policy Foundation
 * Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions
 * Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions
 * Calvert Institute for Policy Research
 * Cascade Policy Institute
 * Center for Policy Research of New Jersey
 * Center of the American Experiment
 * Coalition for Connecticut (CFC)
 * Commonwealth Foundation===
 * Empire Center for New York State Policy
 * Ethan Allen Institute
 * Evergreen Freedom Foundation
 * Flint Hills Center for Public Policy
 * Georgia Public Policy Foundation
 * Goldwater Institute
 * Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
 * Great Plains Public Policy Institute
 * Heartland Institute
 * Illinois Policy Institute
 * Independence Institute
 * Indiana Policy Review Foundation
 * James Madison Institute
 * John Locke Foundation
 * Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy
 * Mackinac Center for Public Policy
 * Maine Heritage Policy Center
 * Maine Public Policy Institute
 * Maryland Public Policy Institute
 * Mississippi Center for Public Policy
 * Montana Policy Institute
 * Nevada Policy Research Institute
 * Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
 * Pacific Research Institute
 * Pioneer Institute
 * Public Interest Institute
 * Rio Grande Foundation
 * Show-Me Institute
 * South Carolina Policy Council
 * State Policy Network
 * Sutherland Institute
 * Tennessee Center for Policy Research
 * Texas Public Policy Foundation
 * Thomas Jefferson Institute
 * Virginia Institute for Public Policy
 * Washington Policy Center
 * Wisconsin Policy Research Institute
 * Yankee Institute for Public Policy

Associate members

 * Acton Institute
 * Alliance for School Choice
 * America's Future Foundation
 * American Association of Small Property Owners
 * American Council of Trustees and Alumni
 * American Legislative Exchange Council
 * Americans for Limited Government
 * Americans for Prosperity Foundation
 * Americans for Tax Reform
 * Atlantic Legal Foundation
 * Atlas Economic Research Foundation
 * Beacon Hill Institute
 * Bill of Rights Institute
 * Capitol Research Center
 * Cato Institute
 * Center for Civic Renewal
 * Center for Education Reform
 * Center for Individual Freedom Foundation
 * Center for the Study of Popular Culture
 * Citizens Against Government Waste
 * Citizens' Council on Health Care
 * Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute
 * Claremont Institute
 * Competitive Enterprise Institute
 * Cornerstone Policy Research
 * DCI Group
 * Donors Trust
 * Foundation for Education Reform & Accountability
 * Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
 * Foundation for Research on Economics & the Environment(FREE)
 * FreedomWorks
 * Fund for American Studies
 * Galen Institute
 * Institute for Justice
 * Institute for Policy Innovation
 * Institute of the North
 * Landmark Legal Foundation
 * Leadership Institute
 * Lexington Institute
 * Liberty Institute
 * Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
 * Mercatus Center
 * National Center for Policy Analysis
 * National Center for Public Policy Research
 * National Institute for Labor Relations Research
 * National Legal and Policy Center
 * National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
 * National Tax Limitation Committee
 * National Taxpayers Union Foundation
 * Pacific Legal Foundation
 * Parents in Charge Foundation
 * Progress & Freedom Foundation
 * Public Policy Institute of New York
 * Reason Foundation
 * Southeastern Legal Foundation
 * Tax Foundation
 * Taxpayers Network Incorporated
 * The Heritage Foundation
 * Young America's Foundation

State chapters

 * California
 * Colorado
 * Florida
 * Michigan
 * Vermont
 * North Carolina
 * Oregon
 * Texas
 * Washington State
 * Wisconsin
 * Oklahoma
 * South Carolina
 * Virginia
 * California
 * Colorado
 * Kansas
 * Pennsylvania
 * Iowa
 * Maryland
 * Montana
 * Nevada
 * Ohio
 * Oregon

Other organizations in its directory

 * American Council for Capital Formation Center for Policy Research
 * ACCF Center for Policy Research
 * Accuracy in Academia
 * Accuracy in Media
 * Adams Report
 * Advocates for Self-Government
 * All Children Matter
 * Alliance Defense Fund
 * Alliance for Choice in Education(ACE)
 * Alliance for Maine's Future
 * America's Future
 * American Center for Law & Justice
 * American Conservative Union
 * American Enterprise Institute
 * American Family Business Institute
 * American Institute for Full Employment
 * American Land Rights Association
 * American Shareholders Association
 * Americans for Fair Taxation
 * Americans for Free Choice in Medicine
 * Americans United for Life
 * Arizona Free Enterprise Club
 * Asia Cellular Satellite
 * Building Excellent Schools
 * Caucus For America
 * Center for Ethics and the Free Market
 * Center for Private Conservation
 * Center for Union Facts
 * Christian Coalition of Alabama
 * Citizen Outreach
 * Citizens Equal Rights Alliance (CERA)
 * Citizens for Limited Taxation
 * Club for Growth
 * Concerned Women for America
 * Congressional Institute
 * Declaration Foundation
 * Eagle Forum
 * Education Advancement Fund International
 * EdWatch Nevada
 * eResources
 * Ethics and Public Policy Center
 * Family Research Council
 * Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies
 * Florida TaxWatch
 * Foundation for Free Enterprise
 * Future of Freedom Foundation
 * Independent Institute
 * Indiana Family Institute
 * Institute for the Transformation of Learning
 * Jesse Helms Center
 * John Jay Institute
 * Justice Foundation
 * Kansas Taxpayers Network
 * Let Freedom Ring
 * Liberty Fund
 * Lincoln Legal Foundation
 * Taxpayers Association
 * Mountain States Legal Foundation
 * National Alliance for Worker and Employer Rights (NAWER)
 * National Taxpayers United of Illinois
 * Nebraska Tax Research Council
 * Nebraska Taxpayers for Freedom
 * New Jersey Family Policy Council
 * North Carolina Forum for Research and Economic Education
 * Objectivist Center
 * Oregonians in Action
 * Patrick Henry Center
 * Pennsylvania Newsmakers
 * Performance Institute
 * Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
 * Property & Environment Research Center
 * Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc.
 * Susan B. Anthony List
 * Tax Foundation of Hawaii
 * Taxpayerâ??s Federation of Illinois
 * Taxpayers League Foundation
 * Teach New York State
 * The Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism
 * Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
 * Victims of the Endangered Species Act (VESA)
 * Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance
 * Wyoming Heritage Foundation
 * Young Conservatives of Pennslvania

Contact details
State Policy Network PO Box 5208 Richmond, CA 94805-5208 Phone: 510-965-9700 Fax: 510-965-9701 Email: info AT spn.org Web: http://www.spn.org/